Wednesday, December 7, 2011

New Product: Cookie Butter

One of my friends pointed me to one of our daily reads today and an article describing the delectable products Trader Joe's brought out this year for the holiday season.

Sure there are lots of products in the article that call out to me but the most significant is Cookie Butter. Cookie Butter?! My friend and I couldn't imagine how it couldn't be wonderful combining two things we love most--butter and cookies into one delicious spread.
I knew I had to have it. I don't like Trader Joe's. I go there and have to deal with tight parking lots, tight aisles and can never find anything I want with their crazy store organization. But I was resigned to give it a try anyway because I couldn't pass up a chance to try the famed Cookie Butter. I went there after work and actually discovered a store with more than one open space in the parking lot and rather roomy aisles. Hurrah!

As I was driving home after buying what one can only refer to as a grocery bag of the before-dinner munchies, my aforementioned friend texted me with a message that the cookie butter is amazing. She encouraged me to crack the jar in the car. Sadly it was stuffed in the back seat amongst boxes of un-needed snacks near the bottom of the bag. I counted down the minutes to the garage and rushed upstairs to prepare dinner and sample the butter.

Glorious! The texture of peanut butter the flavor of gingersnaps with a tiny bit of crunch from the smashed up cookies. This butter is terrible for you with 9g of fat per every 1 T but it would be delicious in a myriad of holiday sweets. For instance just today I saw a recipe for chocolate cookies stuffed with peanut butter--but they would be great with Cookie Butter instead. Or spread on toast with maybe a tiny dash of sea salt. Or spread onto cupcakes as a frosting.

Will I eat the whole jar without making a recipe? Doubtful. Could I? Very possibly. But I'll share instead!

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This blog is a fun way for us to see what is going on in each other's kitchens! A collection of recipes old & new. We based it on our favorite Mac & Cheese dish that was handed down to us by our Mother/Grandma, Beverly.